Chloe Aaron

Chloe Wellingham Aaron (née Wellingham; October 9, 1938 – February 29, 2020) was an American television executive, best known for her work at the Public Broadcasting Service.

Early and personal life Chloe Wellingham was born on October 9, 1938, in Santa Monica, California.

In 1961, Wellingham graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles. In 1962, she graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with a master's degree in American studies. According to The Wall Street Journal, Aaron "helped give the public television network a national identity" and was the "most influential woman in television in the late 1970s."

In the 1980s, Aaron worked as an independent consultant and film producer. In 1989 and 1990, Aaron was vice president of WNYC-TV in New York. In the 1990s, Aaron lived in Europe while her husband David L. Aaron served as ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. There, she produced a news show for Italian television.

Aaron also established an initiative to preserve classic films and historically important television programs at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.